RMG
Time for fashion brands, retailers to rethink green strategies
Over the past two or three years, we have seen a huge backlash against sustainability marketing in the West.
RMG export to US down 19% in January-February
Garment exports to the US declined 19.24% to $1.18 billion in January and February
Exports rise 10% to $5.1 billion in March
Despite the 10 percent growth in March, shipment is still 0.88 percent short of the monthly target at $5.14 billion
Buyers admire green effort, but don’t pay for it
Despite garment exporters transforming their factories, international buyers are not paying a premium for the products they source from the eco-friendly factories
US trade body urges govt to end detention of RMG workers
Before the minimum wage was raised to Tk 12,500 in December, thousands of workers took to the streets to press home their demand for a minimum salary between Tk 23,000 and Tk 25,000.
A garment powerhouse
Walk down the road in Savar, Gazipur or Narayanganj in the morning hours and you will see a long line of workers heading to work.
The other side of global retailers
While Bangladesh’s garment sector struggles to transition from basic products to high-end items, too many companies are going in for the same international contracts, intensifying competition among themselves.
An unlikely product brings $400m a year: cotton waste
Rising emphasis on recycling and sustainability from global brands is driving the cotton waste export from Bangladesh
Seven major sectors fell from grace as export dropped
Except knitwear, exports earnings have been in decline across the other seven major sectors according to data by EPB
What's stopping RMG workers from getting higher wages?
Unless a holistic approach is taken, the sector will continue to fall short of international standards.
Can the goverment ignore new US labour policy?
Protect worker rights for workers’ and the industry’s sake
There is no ‘development’ without a living wage
If we can feed the RMG industry with blood, sweat, and taxes year after year, surely we should be able to decide the bare minimum that it pays its workers?
The fog before the election
While the prime minister is unofficially on her campaign trail, the opposition camp is on the run.
You can’t quell workers’ hunger by opening fire on them
Rather than assuage the workers by announcing a respectable wage, the wage board has essentially fuelled workers’ outrage and made a mockery of the wage negotiation process
Labour law must protect right to strike
Latest amendment does not do enough to conform to international labour standards
Factories to go for 'no work, no pay' policy: BGMEA
If unrest hampers operation, factories will be shut, the association says
Who will answer for Rasel’s death?
Who gave them the power or direction to shoot protesters in the first place?
Fashion needs to support suppliers for green transition
If it’s left to garment suppliers, the green transition will take decades.
Why the delay in declaring minimum wage for RMG workers?
Will the wage board and our policymakers truly hear the stories of backbreaking work and heartbreaking debt of the garment workers, who have kept the economy going even at its worst phases?
